Eddy palchak biography
Edward "Eddy" Palchak (May 18, – November 16, ) was a....
Edward "Eddy" Palchak was a Canadian ice hockey trainer and equipment manager with the Montreal Canadiens.
Legendary Habs trainer Palchak dead at 71
THE CANADIAN PRESS
MONTREAL — Eddy Palchak, the Montreal Canadiens legendary trainer and equipment manager, has died after a long illness, the NHL club announced Thursday.
He was 71.
Palchak, a member of the Canadiens organization for 31 years, died Wednesday night at Montreal General Hospital, the team said.
The Montreal native joined the Canadiens as assistant trainer to Larry Aubut for the 1966-67 season and worked in a variety of jobs until he retired in 2000.
He had his name etched on the Stanley Cup 10 times, a record for a support staff member of an NHL club.
He was an instantly recognizable figure on Montreal’s powerhouse clubs in the late 1960s and 1970s with his pinched expression behind his glasses and his squat, lumbering physique.
Palchak began the team’s 100th anniversary celebrations on Dec.
4, 2009, by walking to the Canadiens bench and dumping two buckets of pucks onto the ice, just as he had done be